Go Programming Language For Dummies

Ready, set, program with Go!

Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It's one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, organizing data, building packages, and interfacing with APIs.

Go--or GoLang, as it's also known--has proven to be a strong choice for developers creating applications for the cloud-based world we live in. This book will put you on the path to using the language that's created some of today's leading web applications, so you can steer your career where you want to Go!

• Learn how Go works and start writing programs and modules
• Install and implement the most powerful third-party Go packages
• Use Go in conjunction with web services and MySQL databases
• Keep your codebase organized and use Go to structure data

With this book, you can join the growing numbers of developers using Go to create 21st century solutions. Step inside to take start writing code that puts data in users' hands.

Autorentext

Wei-Meng Lee is founder of Developer Learning Solutions, specializing in hands-on technology training. His name regularly appears in publications like DevX.com, MobiForge.com, and CODE Magazine. He is also the author of SwiftUI For Dummies, Beginning Swift Programming, Python Machine Learning, and Learning WatchKit Programming.

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Ready, set, program with Go! Now is the perfect time to learn the Go Programming Language. It's one of the most in-demand languages among tech recruiters and developers love its simplicity and power. Go Programming Language For Dummies is an easy way to add this top job skill to your toolkit. Written for novice and experienced coders alike, this book traverses basic syntax, writing functions, organizing data, building packages, and interfacing with APIs. Go--or GoLang, as it's also known--has proven to be a strong choice for developers creating applications for the cloud-based world we live in. This book will put you on the path to using the language that's created some of today's leading web applications, so you can steer your career where you want to Go! Learn how Go works and start writing programs and modules Install and implement the most powerful third-party Go packages Use Go in conjunction with web services and MySQL databases Keep your codebase organized and use Go to structure data With this book, you can join the growing numbers of developers using Go to create 21st century solutions. Step inside to take start writing code that puts data in users' hands.

Inhalt

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Go 5 Chapter 1: Hello, Go! 7 Chapter 2: Working with Different Data Types 23 Chapter 3: Making Decisions 37 Chapter 4: Over and Over and Over: Using Loops 51 Chapter 5: Grouping Code into Functions 65 Part 2: Working with Data Structures 79 Chapter 6: Slicing and Dicing Using Arrays and Slices 81 Chapter 7: Defining the Blueprints of Your Data Using Structs 101 Chapter 8: Establishing Relationships Using Maps 113 Chapter 9: Encoding and Decoding Data Using JSON 129 Chapter 10: Defining Method Signatures Using Interfaces 151 Part 3: Multitasking in Go 163 Chapter 11: Threading Using Goroutines 165 Chapter 12: Communicating between Goroutines Using Channels 179 Part 4: Organizing Your Code 195 Chapter 13: Using and Creating Packages in Go 197 Chapter 14: Grouping Packages into Modules 211 Part 5: Seeing Go in Action 223 Chapter 15: Consuming Web APIs Using Go 225 Chapter 16: Getting Ready to Serve Using REST APIs 243 Chapter 17: Working with Databases 271 Part 6: The Part of Tens 285 Chapter 18: Ten Useful Go Packages to Create Applications 287 Chapter 19: Ten Great Go Resources 299 Index 303